Watch the video below to see Arkells’
members surprise a young audience as the 2014 MusiCounts TD Community Music Program recipients are revealed. Applications for the 2015 MusiCounts TD
Community Music Program are now open!

100 New Instrumentsin the Hands of Hamilton Youth

Watch the video below to see Arkells’
members surprise a young audience as the 2014 MusiCounts TD Community Music Program recipients are revealed. Applications for the 2015 MusiCounts TD
Community Music Program are now open!

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100 New Instruments in the Hands of Hamilton Youth

Published February 17, 2015

Talk about a good surprise! Late last year,
Max Kerman and Mike DeAngelis, members of JUNO Award-winning rock group Arkells, were in their hometown of Hamilton
to help announce beneficiaries of the second annual MusiCounts TD
Community Music Program.

Established in 2013, these grants award
musical equipment to non-profit organizations providing programs to youth in underserved
Canadian communities. In 2014, the program received over 100 applications; 16
organizations were awarded a total of $220,000 (see the list below).

One beneficiary was Hamilton Music
Collective’s An Instrument for
Every Child program. Young participants learned the happy news following a
surprise performance by Kerman and DeAngelis, as more than 100 shiny new
instruments were unveiled.

Check the video to see their response. Visit
here to learn
more about the 2015 applications.